Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors

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With more activities and exercises than ever before, this fifth edition ofThe Bedford Guide for Writing Tutorsprovides a concise and practical introduction to tutoring. Its nine chapters provide principles and strategies for working with diverse writers and assignments in a variety of contexts: college or high school, online or face-to-face, in the writing center and beyond. Visit the companion Web site forThe Bedford Handbook, Eighth Edition (hackerhandbooks.com/bedhandbook) to find additional tools for tutors and writers including handouts on common writing, grammar, and punctuation problems; documentation help; links to tutoring resources; and an annotated bibliography.

Preface for Writing Center Directors

p. iii

Introduction for Tutors

p. vii

The Writing Center as a Workplace

p. 1

Professionalism toward the Writer

p. 1

Professionalism toward Other Tutors

p. 2

Professionalism toward Teachers

p. 3

Exercises For Getting Started

p. 4

Keeping a Personal Tutoring Journal

p. 4

Participating in Discussion Forums

p. 5

Learning about Writing Center History

p. 5

The Writing Process

p. 6

A General Guide to Stages of the Writing Process

p. 8

Prewriting

p. 8

Writing

p. 9

Revising and Editing

p. 9

Stages of the Writing Process

p. 10

Exercises For Exploring The Writing Process

p. 11

Comparing Writing Guides and Handbooks

p. 11

Teaching Writing

p. 11

Talking about the Writing Process

p. 12

Talking about the Writing Process at Your School

p. 13

Exercises For Reflecting On Your Writing Process

p. 13

Reflecting on Writing

p. 14

Sharing Your Writing Process

p. 15

Reflecting on Being Tutored

p. 16

Inside the Tutoring Session

p. 17

Getting Started

p. 17

Setting the Agenda

p. 19

Three Effective,, Powerful Tools

p. 21

Active Listening

p. 22

A Note about Asking Questions

p. 24

Facilitating

p. 24

Silence and Wait Time

p. 27

Wrapping Up a Session

p. 28

The Many Hats Tutors Wear

p. 28

The Ally

p. 28

The Coach

p. 29

The Commentator

p. 29

The Collaborator

p. 29

The Writing "Expert"

p. 30

The Learner

p. 30

The Counselor

p. 31

When Is a Tutor Not a Tutor?

p. 31

Exercises For Exploring The Roles Tutors Play

p. 32

Exploring Tutors' Roles

p. 32

Observing Tutors' and Writers' Body Language

p. 32

Observing Tutoring Sessions

p. 32

Exercises For Practicing Tutoring Techniques

p. 32

Roie-Piaying the Tutoring Session

p. 33

Tutor Observation Sheet

p. 34

Role-Playing Tutor Strategies in the Prewriting Stage

p. 38

Helping Writers throughout the Writing Process

p. 41

Prewriting

p. 41

Finding and Exploring a Topic

p. 41

Planning to Write

p. 45

Working with a Text at a Computer

p. 46

Writing, Revising, and Editing

p. 48

Making Global Revisions

p. 48

Saving Multiple Drafts

p. 51

Making Sentence-Level Revisions

p. 51

Editing for Grammar, Punctuation, and Mechanics

p. 52

Using a Handbook

p. 54

Coping with the Long Paper

p. 54

Exercises For Using Writing References

p. 56

Exploring Prewriting Strategies

p. 56

Developing a Handout

p. 56

Working with Handbooks and Other References

p. 56

The Writers You Tutor

p. 58

Learning Styles

p. 59

Some Helpful Strategies

p. 60

Student Concerns

p. 61

The Writer with Writing Anxiety

p. 61

The Writer with Basic Writing Skills

p. 63

The Second Language Writer

p. 65

The Writer with a Learning Disability

p. 70

The Adult Learner

p. 71

Exercises For Reflecting On Tutoring Situations

p. 72

Reflecting on Writers' Concerns

p. 72

Reflecting on Your Own Writing Concerns

p. 73

Reflecting on Tutoring Techniques

p. 73

Learning from Scholarly Articles

p. 73

Learning from Students

p. 73

Tutoring in a Digital Age

p. 74

Online Tutoring

p. 74

Synchronous Tutoring

p. 75

Asynchronous Tutoring

p. 76

Stock Response for Constructing Paragraphs

p. 79

Online Writing Resources

p. 81

Online Writing Labs

p. 81

Online Writing Guides and Handbooks

p. 81

Online Videos

p. 82

Helping Writers Evaluate Online Sources

p. 82

Exercises For Tutoring In A Digital Age

p. 85

p. 85

Standardized Template

p. 86

The Challenges of Online Tutoring

p. 85

Creating Stock Responses

p. 85

Helping Writers across the Curriculum

p. 87

Research Papers

p. 87

Lab Reports and Scientific Papers

p. 88

Argument or Position Papers

p. 90

Literature Papers

p. 90

Book, Film, and Play Reviews

p. 91

PowerPoint Presentations

p. 92

Résumés (Traditional)

p. 93

Résumés (Scannable)

p. 95

Cover Letters

p. 96

Essays of Application

p. 97

Coping with Different Tutoring Situations

p. 99

The Writer Who Comes at the Last Minute

p. 99

The Unresponsive Writer

p. 100

The Antagonistic Writer

p. 101

The Writer Who Selects an Inappropriate Topic or Uses Offensive Language